i think every mountain biker enjoys just ripping down the best trails, staying in the flow. interruptions get in the way. walking back up to session a section is unwelcome.
it’s also unfortunatly the only way to improve. when the trail just streams towards you the focus is always on solving that next challenge; practice is about solving a single one over and over again, until the bike does what it’s supposed to, when it’s supposed to.
today we stayed near the trailhead and practiced on the jumps at the end of salty dog. they are mostly friendly and fun, just what’s needed to try a few things.
then we moved up to shuckas, which is a fair bit more gnarly: big berms and big jumps.
practice is of course nothing without a little fun; kris was kind enough to shuttle nat and i up to loila tier for a quick last run down send helens, nat’s favourite trail.
she’s now the third fastest girl on that trail; not bad for her age, she’s still got time to find a few more seconds.
nat and i also built a new workshop table.
i think it turned out well. all in a day’s work.